Archive for November, 2008
Friday, November 21st, 2008
First medical transport
Biker broke wrist and shoulder @ RM451. Being transported to Ensendada.
Chase 1 with our team now. Waiting for update.
Robbie Gordon still stuck in mud @ RM
1101 heading to RM210, behind 1100 past 215 on what looks like detour…I think I heard something about open gas line requiring detour.
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
Cary and Richard drive this stretch
Unfortunately, they are going zero mph not far from RM130.
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
RM130
I think they’re meeting up with Chase 2 here.
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
Baby, it’s dark out there
Both 1102 and 1103 are stopped. 1102 is around RM120.
Ok, now they’re moving…20mph
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
RM90
Chase 2 updated on Desert Dingo progress, getting ready to hand over chase responsibilities to Chase 1. 1002 in front of Mike Brown’s car again.
1100, 1103 and 1149 just passed RM120 with Eric still in the lead, though not by much.
I’m going to load the dishwasher and take a 5 minute break.
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
Way too cool
The Desert Dingo stream is now being broadcast on Baja Racing News: http://bajasafari.blogspot.com… race updates in right hand column under the clock. thankfully no accidents, but fire on one vehicle and broken crank shaft on another. No other class 11 twittering. This year, Robbie Gordon isn’t twittering either.
Correction: Baja Race News is following our [...]
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
Coming up on RM60
1102 is tearing it up. neck and neck with 1103 and closing the gap on Eric, who leads the pack by too many km to count….Just called Mike in Chase Vehicle 2 with update. Will call again when they hit RM90.
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
Team is making up for lost time
SMS messages have not been received by all sat phones, so Jim sent instructions for email to sat phone. just tested. meanwhile, off phone again, updating Chase 2 vehicle. updates as I get them. no more coffee for me today!
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
Alternative Online Baja 1000 Audio Feed
RaceRemote sent this link for folks, like me, having problems with the Weatherman Feed: http://snipurl.com/bj1000 thanks. Thanks to everyone following on twitter and sending messages. I’ve been a little “preoccupied” so forgive me if I don’t reply directly…
1102 continues to make progress.
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
1102 is leading the pack at this time
No time for pics; we’ll post some later tonight. Keep those good thoughts and messages coming. I’m relaying them to the team. Roxanne, over and out.
